Member of Parliament for Kumawu constituency in the Ashanti region, Hon. Philip Basoah has passed on.
The shocking news came in the early hours of Tuesday, March 28, 2023.
Majority Chief Whip and MP for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompre revealed on his Twitter page.
“It was an exceedingly sad day for me, particularly & the entire Caucus. We shall overcome, one day!. Rest well, my friend. Hon.Philip Basoah,” he wrote.
It was an exceedingly sad day for me, particularly & the entire Caucus.
We shall overcome, one day!.
Rest well, my friend. Hon.Philip Basoah. pic.twitter.com/ybufXQ1BnI— Hon. Frank Annoh-Dompreh (@FAnnohDompreh) March 28, 2023
He died at the age of 53 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Mr. Basoah won the Kumawu constituency seat in the 2016 parliamentary elections on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and also retained the seat in 2020.